§ CAPTAIN GRIDLEYsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Why the Subalterns of Her Majesty's 1121 Regiments on service in India were deprived by the Passage Warrant of the 2nd of January, 1865, of the six months' Indian pay and allowances when on leave of absence on sick certificate, to which they were previously entitled under the Furlough Regulations of 17th November, 1851, and whether he will re-consider the subject, with the view to such pay and allowances being granted in future?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTONreplied, that the Warrant to which the Question of the hon. Member referred gave the reasons why the alteration had been made. It stated that it was done "in consideration of the privileges conferred upon the officers of the army at large by the provisions of this Warrant," privileges which entailed considerable additional expense. The officers serving in China were not entitled to the allowance in question, which furnished another reason why the officers of the army serving in India should be placed on the same footing.